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UNINA9910789321603321 |
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Zdravkovska Nevenka |
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Academic branch libraries in changing times / / Nevenka Zdravkovska |
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Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2011 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Chandos information professional series |
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Academic libraries |
Branch libraries |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index. |
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Cover; Academic Branch Libraries in Changing Times; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; About the author; Preface; Book organization; 1 Historical overview of academic branch libraries; The beginnings; The state of academic research branch libraries; Evolution of branch libraries at the University of Maryland; References; 2 Types of branch libraries; Definitions; Discipline specific branch libraries; Undergraduate library; Departmental libraries; References; 3 Most common subject branch libraries; Music libraries as special collections |
The case of the chemistry librariesThe many faces of science and engineering libraries; References; 4 Assessment/review of viability of branch libraries; Published guidelines; Examples of assessment studies; Examples of consolidating/closing branches; Adding new branches; References; 5 Future of academic branch libraries; Publications of note; Twenty-first century creations; Examples of changes; Priddy Library at The Universities at Shady Grove (Author: Irene Munster); Conclusion; References; Appendix A National Center for Education Statistics |
Appendix B ARL Academic US Member Libraries/Branch Listing Websites (August 16, 2010)A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Appendix C Engineering Branch Library Example; Engineering and Physical Sciences (University of Maryland); Selected bibliography; Index |
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Are academic branch libraries going to be extinct in the near future? In these difficult economic times, when collections are digitized rapidly, is |
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there still a need for a separate unit within proximity to the department, school, or college with a subject-based or subject-specific collection? Academic Branch Libraries in Changing Times gives a brief historical overview of the role of a branch academic library. It reviews the current situation from a practitioner's point of view and suggests solutions for the future.Provides practical and realistic solutions to academic librari |
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UNINA9910300131503321 |
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Autore |
Alfakih Abdo Y |
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Euclidean Distance Matrices and Their Applications in Rigidity Theory / / by Abdo Y. Alfakih |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) : illustrations |
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Statistics |
Convex geometry |
Discrete geometry |
Computer science - Mathematics |
Discrete mathematics |
Statistical Theory and Methods |
Convex and Discrete Geometry |
Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Chapter 1. Mathematical Preliminaries -- Chapter 2. Positive Semidefinite Matrices -- Chapter 3. Euclidean Distance Matrices (EDMs) -- Chapter 4. Classes of EDMs -- Chapter 5. The Geometry of EDMs -- Chapter 6. The Eigenvalues of EDMs -- Chapter 7. The Entries of EDMs -- Chapter 8. EDM Completions and Bar Frameworks -- Chapter 9. Local and Infinitesimal Rigidities -- Chapter 10. Universal and |
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Dimensional Rigidities -- Epilogue. |
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This book offers a comprehensive and accessible exposition of Euclidean Distance Matrices (EDMs) and rigidity theory of bar-and-joint frameworks. It is based on the one-to-one correspondence between EDMs and projected Gram matrices. Accordingly the machinery of semidefinite programming is a common thread that runs throughout the book. As a result, two parallel approaches to rigidity theory are presented. The first is traditional and more intuitive approach that is based on a vector representation of point configuration. The second is based on a Gram matrix representation of point configuration. Euclidean Distance Matrices and Their Applications in Rigidity Theory begins by establishing the necessary background needed for the rest of the book. The focus of Chapter 1 is on pertinent results from matrix theory, graph theory and convexity theory, while Chapter 2 is devoted to positive semidefinite (PSD) matrices due to the key role these matrices play in our approach. Chapters 3 to 7 provide detailed studies of EDMs, and in particular their various characterizations, classes, eigenvalues and geometry. Chapter 8 serves as a transitional chapter between EDMs and rigidity theory. Chapters 9 and 10 cover local and universal rigidities of bar-and-joint frameworks. This book is self-contained and should be accessible to a wide audience including students and researchers in statistics, operations research, computational biochemistry, engineering, computer science and mathematics. |
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